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Church Cuddles Up to State: Media's Glossy New Reality

by John Koblin
Jul. 22nd, 2008, 7:37 pm
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Ellen Asmodeo-Giglio, publisher of <i>WSJ</i>.
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Ellen Asmodeo-Giglio, publisher of WSJ.
In the late 1990s and early part of this decade, a young journalist named Andrew Essex was on the rise in Manhattan. He was a Talk of the Town editor at The New Yorker under Tina Brown; then a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly; then executive editor at Fairchild’s revamped Details. There were also stints at Us Weekly and Salon.

In 2005 things took a turn for Mr. Essex. He was hired to be editor in chief of a magazine called Absolute—one of those shiny luxury publications that straddle the line between advertisements and editorial and leave the reader (flipping through it idly in a shiny luxury condo lobby, perhaps) feeling glazed and hollow, not sure exactly why.  read more »

Journal Glossy, WSJ., Hires!

by John Koblin
May. 29th, 2008, 1:42 pm
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The Wall Street Journal is stocking up for its luxury glossy magazine, WSJ., and not surprisingly, it's importing talent from across the pond. There are several new hires, reports WWD's Irin Carmon: Welcome, Jeffrey Podolsky, the New York editor of Tatler and a regular contributor to Luxx, who has been named editor at large; and Sasha Wilkins, writer for British Harper's Bazaar and Elle, who will become executive style editor.  read more »